Following an enthusiastic online build-up comes the eagerly anticipated debut minialbum from LA singer-songwriter Active Child.
’Curtis Lane’ is the first substantial release after a handful of sold-out limited editions from emerging and closely-followed artist Active Child, whose profile has been elevated by the endorsement of key taste-,aking platforms such as Pitchfork, the NME and The Guardian.

Akron/Family spent the end of 2009 and half of2010 exploring the future of sound through bentacid punk diamond fuzz and undergroundJapanese noise cassettes, lowercase micro tonepoems and emotional Cagean field recordings,rebuilding electronic drums from the 70s andplaying them with sticks they carved themselves.

‘Alela Diane & Wild Divine’, her third studio album, will be released on 4th April 2011. Penned on the road whilst touring in 2009, it was completed in 2010 with husband and guitarist Tom Bevitori. ‘Wild Divine’ refers to Bevitori and the rest of her band – father and guitarist Tom Menig, bassist Jonas Haskins and drummer Jason Merculief.

Those quick off the mark will receive a bonus 6 track CD (available with CD or LP purchase) This is an independent record shop exclusive, so NUH.

You may know this man from Texas Radio Band. Alex Dingley has crafted an immensely catchy album that we just can’t stop playing! it was recorded with the help of Mr Huw and the live line up features Cate Le Bon (on drums) and Ms. Swci Boscawen (beautiful harmonies!!)

Paw Tracks is proud to present the reissue of the third album from Baltimore four-piece Animal Collective. Comprised of five back-to-back tracks which were recorded in one take. The recording equipment used was also very basic, with just three minidisk players surrounding the band, who were actually playing outside. Other ambient noises were overdubbed onto the album afterwards, but in general the recording process was very simple.

After working with producers from London and New York, writing songs in Tokyo, demoing in sky scrapers and honing ideas in Brooklyn, it became obvious that ‘home’ was the perfect place to pull ‘LIFELINE’ together. The cliché goes that record producers are the so-called ‘fifth member’ of the band but Manchester’s The Answering Machine decided to keep things simple and opted for an actual member of the band to produce their second album. After several successful remix projects, frontman Martin Colclough decided to step up to the role. What followed was not an expensive studio, engineers or remote location; instead the band opted for their underground practice room in the city centre. From six feet under they emerged with their lifeline.

A compilation - these are rare and unreleased tracks spanning ten years of the band, including Stephen, Stephen from the comedy show The Colbert Report (you should watch it if you haven’t heard of him - he’s a funny man).

This collection of Demos, b-sides, remixes, new recordings, live tracks and (mighty) Peel sessions marks the unfortunate end of Arab Strap’s 10 year career. Ok, so both Malcolm Middleton and Mr. Moffat are still making music outside of the Strap but we wont forget their legacy. Never.